¡°A young man is persuading his loved lady into accepting his love considering the short lifetime.¡± The theme of this poem is not new, but Andrew Marvell is unique in the selection and development of images and structuring of the poem. More important, in the words of poet T. S. Eliot, Marvell gives voice to his violent passion by his tough reasoning competence beneath slight lyric grace. In the first stanza, Andrew Marvell gives a …showed first 75 words of 364 total…

…showed last 75 words of 364 total…time, space and death. As for the style of this poem, lines about amorous birds, slow-chapt and the like outstandingly release the scent of the metaphysical thinking; and Indian Ganges, Humber, vegetable and morning dew, etc somewhat bring this poem onto the track of idyll. Arguably, Andrew Marvell masterfully combines metaphysical style and idyllic one. As one of his masterpieces, To His Coy Mistress shines in literature not because of its theme but its style.